Pacheco State Park Preliminary General Plan and Draft EIR

Pacheco State Park Preliminary General Plan and Draft EIR

The proposed project is the development of a General Plan for Pacheco State Park. In accordance with Public Resources Code §5002.2 referencing General Plan guidelines and §21000 et seq. concerning the California Environmental Quality Act the Department is preparing a General Plan for the purpose of guiding future development activities and management objectives at the Park. The Park is a recent addition to the State Park system, opened to the public in 1997 and the creation of a General Plan will set forth the long term vision for the Park. A portion of the 6,900 acre parcel, donated by the late Paula Fatjo, a descendant of Francisco Pacheco is currently open to the public for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding and interpretive programs. The land around Pacheco was originally part of El Rancho San Luis Gonzaga, a 48,000-acre Mexican land grant deeded to Juan Perez Pacheco in 1843. The Park contains a rich array of natural and cultural resources, several residences, garages, paddocks, and outbuildings and is characterized by scenic expanses of open land laced with old ranch roads. Portions of the property are leased for the production of energy through wind turbines, and cattle grazing.

Gilroy, Los Banos

Merced, Santa Clara

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General Plan Update, General Plan Update: State Park General Plan

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wildfire, Wildlife